What if your catfish turned out to be the catch of a lifetime? Nick: Okay, so making a viral video mocking my celebrity crush’s pretentious apartment tour isn’t exactly a strategy for finding love.
But when some random guy slides into my DMs claiming to be Anthony Devine—Grammy Award-winning pop star, LGBTQ+ icon, and owner of cheekbones that should be illegal—I assume he's a forty-five-year-old catfish living in his mom's basement.
However, we start chatting, and it’s the most real conversation I’ve had in ages. One month and approximately five thousand messages later, AntD has become my favorite person to talk to. He sends me funny memes, asks about my assignments, and actually listens when I rant about my cheating ex. And him insisting he really is Anthony Devine has become our running joke.
Hilarious, right?
I need to stop catching feelings for a guy whose real name I don't even know, but meeting AntD would mean risking everything we’ve built.
What if he's not who he says he is? What if he is?
It Started with a Text is a swoony MM novella about finding real connection in the digital age, featuring a broke college student with too many posters on his wall and the one catfish who might actually be the real deal.
Its fast paced and will keep you smiling the entire time.
Nick is a struggling college student with a huge crush on a music star. When Anthony posts a video of his new apartment Nick responds to it with a parody of his run down and messy apartment. Instead of being upset Anthony finds his DMs and starts texting. Nick thinks he's being catfished but can't stop talking to his new friend.
If you're looking for a no angst feel-good story with all the feels here ya go.
Jax's stories are all about light-hearted conversations and deeply-felt connections. She loves exploring exactly why two characters are the only ones who’ll make the other truly happy, and the journey they take to reach their happily-ever-after.
Jax lives in New Zealand and is a rabid sports fan, a hiking enthusiast and has a slightly unhealthy addiction to nature documentaries. As an extrovert who spends way too much time in her own head, she loves to connect with readers. Join her Facebook group Jax's Crew (www.facebook.com/groups/jaxcaldercrew) for bonus stories plus exclusive excerpts from her upcoming books.
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Nimble doesn’t know anywhere else but the streets of his hometown, but when his father's alcoholism spirals out of control, Nimble decides he can't take the abuse anymore. With fifty bucks in his pocket, and a duffle bag of stuff he probably won’t need, he hops a freight train headed west.
Alongside new friends Blue and Star, he rides the rails chasing warmth and freedom. But betrayal strikes, leaving him stranded in a small Montana town that is shutting down for a blizzard.
Nimble must find shelter. He does, but Morgan, who runs the town’s feed and grain doesn’t like strangers, let alone visitors. He’s older. And sad. He walks with a limp. His heart is broken. He just wants Nimble gone.
But Nimble is strangely drawn. The small town is amazing. He makes friends. And falls in love with Morgan.
Will they find a happily ever after together?
Jack Be Nimble is an m/m small town romance complete with hurt/comfort, age gap, mutual rescue, stranded together, only one futon, runaways, angst, broken characters, found family, grumpy/sunshine, all the feels, small town vibes, slow burn, opposites attract, pining, broken homes, comfort food, flannel shirts, and snow. Lots and lots of snow.
This is Box Car Boys book 1 and boy what a start to a new series.
Things I loved about this book.
Characters we had quite the cast of characters here and a couple we've met in the Farthington series pop in. I Adored Mabel and her dog and for some reason Young Tommy, the sherif, and Nimble I loved. However, early on I really had a tough time liking Morgan and he's a main character. At first, I got it, then it just kept going on the same over and over wanting to get rid of Nimble I wanted to shake some sense into him. But he finally redeemed himself and quit acting like a sad baby.
I liked the setting, but I love small towns. I loved the snowed in premise. But most of all I liked the fact Nimble is a modern-day hobo living on boxcars. It was so interesting.
And lastly the romance was slow burn but once it lit it was so sweet and beautiful. I'm intrigued for the next two.
If you like small town romance complete with hurt/comfort, age gap, mutual rescue, stranded together, only one futon, runaways, angst, broken characters, found family, grumpy/sunshine, all the feels, small town vibes, slow burn, opposites attract, pining, broken homes, and snow. You will love this.
Jackie North has been writing stories since grade school and her dream was to someday leave her corporate day job behind and travel the world. She also wanted to put her English degree to good use and write romance novels, because for years she’s had a never-ending movie of made-up love stories in her head that simply wouldn’t leave her alone.
Luckily, she discovered m/m romance and decided that men falling in love with other men was exactly what she wanted to write about. In this dazzling new world, she turned her grocery-store romance ideas around and is now putting them to paper as fast as her fingers can type. She creates characters who are a bit flawed and broken, who find themselves on the edge of society, and maybe a few who are a little bit lost, but who all deserve a happily ever after. (And she makes sure they get it!)
She likes long walks on the beach, the smell of lavender and rainstorms, and enjoys sleeping in on snowy mornings. She is especially fond of pizza and beer and, when time allows, long road trips with soda fountain drinks and rock and roll music. In her heart, there is peace to be found everywhere, but since in the real world this isn’t always true, Jackie writes for love.
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Come hell or high water, Nate’s gonna be Ramsey’s perfect (fake) boyfriend . . .
The night Nate Bishop met Ramsey Andresen, he didn’t know who he was.
Didn’t know he was a hockey player. Didn’t know he’d be sticking around in Toronto. Most definitely didn’t know they’d hook up and Ramsey would walk right out of his life. Leaving him aching for more and hating that he can’t forget him.
They meet again at a Thunder team party and Nate’s not only shocked by Ramsey’s presence, but the way he acts like he belongs. He’s gorgeous and perfect and unobtainable, his existence rubbing Nate’s face into everything he can’t have.
He knows his teammates aren’t happy they don’t get along. But the last thing Nate expects is for Ramsey to suggest a plan to get them off their backs.
Not a fake friendship, but a fake situationship.
As they spend more time together—at first a necessity because of the charade, and then because they can’t stay away from each other—Nate starts to learn more about Ramsey’s secrets.
And each shadowy corner that Nate shines light into makes him like Ramsey even more. Until like slides easily into love, and fake becomes something real. Something precious. When they shatter the illusion, can they face the reality that they want each other, completely and forever after playing pretend for so long?
Cat gives this Book 5 meows with a 3 purr heat index...
I've been waiting for Ramseys story and in this we get 2 birds with one stone both Nate and Ramsey. And it couldn't be a better match.
I love Ramsey's sickness, but you can see something hidden beneath. And Nate I loved for almost the same reason, though he's not quite as cocky.
We get lots of other guys as well. As usual all the characters are intriguing. Another thing I like about this is the stories run more alongside each other and not back-to-back so it's not as important to read in order and you don't get spoilers of the other books. Though if you haven't read the Hockey series or the first of this series you won't quite get who Ramsey is.
If you like fake dating, opposites attract, kind of enemies to lovers and football or sports romance in general you will love this.
A lifelong Pacific Northwester, Beth Bolden has just recently moved to North Carolina with her supportive husband. Beth still believes in Keeping Portland Weird, and intends to be just as weird in Raleigh.
Beth has been writing practically since she learned the alphabet. Unfortunately, her first foray into novel writing, titled Big Bear with Sparkly Earrings, wasn’t a bestseller, but hope springs eternal. She has published over forty novels and novellas.
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Cat gives this book 5 meows with a 3 purr heat level...
Yay we are back to Granville! And boy what a fun trip this is.
Maverick stays busy with his business and his annoying neighbor that always is ranking him so he has to prank back, right? Who has time to date with all that and your mom as well.
But when his neighbor sets him up with the meddling grannies match making service... he decides to accept the dates to get back at him. But who does the prank backfire on?
This book is hilarious and a great start to the new series. I can't wait for Jamie's story.
If you love Enemies to lovers, pranks, meddling grannies, small town, biawakening this is for you.
DJ Jamison writes romances about everyday life and extraordinary love featuring a variety of queer characters, from gay to bisexual to asexual. DJ grew up in the Midwest in a working-class family, and those influences can be found in her writing through characters coping with real-life problems: money troubles, workplace drama, family conflicts and, of course, falling in love. DJ spent more than a decade in the newspaper industry before chasing her first dream to write fiction. She spent a lifetime reading before that and continues to avidly devour her fellow authors’ books each night. She lives in Kansas with her husband, two sons, one snake, and a sadistic cat named Birdie.
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From bestselling author Britney King comes a hypnotic and terrifying psychological thriller about a man held hostage in a remote location by the “love of his life”—aka the woman he refuses to marry.
She only wants one thing: for him to love her the way he used to.
When her boyfriend hesitates to propose—and then cheats instead of leaving—she decides the relationship needs structure. Space. Consequences. A reset. Retreating to an isolated house in the countryside feels like the responsible choice. A place where distractions disappear and commitment can finally take root.
He doesn’t see it that way. At least not at first.
To the outside world, the man in her basement is her ill husband—too fragile for one of those homes, she explains. She’s devoted. Patient. Doing the work. No one asks too many questions.
Enter Luke.
Luke fixes problems. Not the kind you call the police about. The kind people quietly hope someone else will handle.
When he takes a job renovating an isolated country house, he knows something is wrong immediately. The work requests are about privacy, sound, containment. The woman who hired him is calm, polite, and lying badly.
He doesn’t intervene.
As Luke works, he watches her devotion harden into something stranger—and far more interesting. When he realizes her plan is flawed, he doesn’t stop it. He improves it. Suggests a way to make her boyfriend jealous. Engaged. Afraid of losing her.
It works.
What begins as an experiment turns into alignment. What looks like obsession becomes efficiency. And as lines are crossed—quietly, rationally—Luke understands the truth before she does:
Some relationships aren’t meant to be saved. They’re meant to be replaced.
Darkly funny, unsettling, and compulsively readable, The Handyman is a psychological thriller about love, control, and what happens when the wrong person decides to help. Perfect for fans of You, Misery, and The Housemaid, this is a story that dares you to root for the solution—even when you know it’s wrong.
Oh wow! My only issue with this is it kept me up all night, I had to finish once I started.
Some things I loved most, the characters, the town seemed full of crazy characters.
Two stories in one as well. You have Luke's story and it gets twisted then you have Marin... then it's like hmmm could Charles be bad?
Suspense... so much Suspense.
Twists, so so many of them... and... really? That end shocked me. So, if you love a good Phycological thriller, lots of twists and suspense, the try this.
I love this author but this one lands at top of my list of theirs.
Britney King lives in Austin, Texas with her husband, children, a dog named Gatsby, one ridiculous cat, and a partridge in a peach tree.
When she's not wrangling the things mentioned above, she writes psychological, domestic and romantic thrillers set in suburbia.
Without a doubt, she thinks connecting with readers is the best part of this gig. You can find Britney online here:
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Once a feared Navy SEAL, now a simple blueberry farmer.
I thought I left danger behind once and for all… until it came for him.
The young, handsome baker I can’t stop thinking about.
Taking him in is the easy part.
Keeping my hands off him? Now that'll be a challenge.
But I have to.
I locked my heart away years ago for a reason.
Yet he seems intent on breaking in one cake at a time.
If he gets through...I don't know what might happen.
Maybe something beautiful...
Or something that will destroy me once more.
Grizzly Dare is a MM Ex-Navy SEAL slow burn romance set in the small island of Mayberry Holm. It features a broken-hearted blueberry farmer, a happy-go-lucky baker with a tragic past, an obsessive ex who won't quit and food as a love language. Comes with a guaranteed HEA and can be read as a standalone but is better enjoyed if read in order.
Trigger warnings for past abusive relationship, mentions of emotional and physical abuse, PTSD and anxiety responses, violence, death.
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Cat gives this book 5 Meows with a 3 purr heat index...
Trigger warnings...past abusive relationship, mentions of emotional and physical abuse, PTSD and anxiety response, violence and death.
This is book 7 in the series, but it was my first and stood alone just fine. Even was enough backstreet on recurring characters that I understood everything well. Very well written.
Things I liked...
All the characters. So many and all were intriguing... just enough backstreet I wasn't lost and wanted to go back and read their stories.
Action...lots of action and it all fit.
Nail-biting suspense...both an ongoing plot and the plot in this book that were tied together.
And most of all the size difference and age gap and that the bigger man was the bottom... not just a one time but loved bottoming. The relationship was perfect. And after reading author notes that this wasn't Zach's actual original story but just felt better with Dare... I heartily agree.
Rhys Everly-Lawless is a hopeless romantic who loves happily-ever-afters.
Which would explain why he loves writing them.
When he’s not passionately typing out his next book, you can find him cuddling his dog, feeding his husband, or taking long walks letting those plot bunnies breed ferociously in his head.
He writes contemporary gay romances as Rhys Everly and LGBTQ+ urban fantasy and paranormal romances as Rhys Lawless.
You can find him and all his latest projects on rhyswritesromance.com
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The world may be burning–but here, in this moment, there is grace.
Blurb
Joshua believes love can bring Colin home. And even from across an ocean, Colin hears it calling.
Colin Campbell–Abrams went to Ireland carrying a weight his pack could never hold. Grief he couldn't name. Guilt he couldn't shake. A marriage he loved too much to destroy with the pieces of himself that remained.
Ireland didn't heal him; it offered him the grace that allowed him to heal himself.
In green hills and strangers' kindness. In ancient stones that remembered centuries of pain. In thirty seconds of unexpected sunlight breaking through gray skies. In the slow, stubborn work of putting one foot in front of the other until the man he used to be began to walk by his side.
The road taught him something Joshua had been trying to tell him from the very beginning: You don't have to be unbreakable to be worthy of love.
Some journeys you walk alone—not to leave, but to learn how to come home.
Note: This book contains depictions of violence, injury, and the on-page death of a character.
Cat gives this book 3 meows with a low heat index...
I feel you need to read some of the Relevant Heart series and if it's been a while brush up. I have read but been a bit and still found myself lost in several spots.
Having said that its a beautiful continuation in Colin and Josh's life.
It has a very powerful beginning with some nail-biting twists and action but most of the end is just a beautifully written sweet journey of healing.
If you like lawyers, established couples, deep friendships and connection, healing and love this is for you.
Excerpt
The taxi rumbled up the narrow gravel lane, tires crunching over stones still wet from morning rain. Colin sat in the backseat, his head resting against the cool glass of the window. Trees arched overhead—familiar, ancient. A canopy of green that whispered welcome in a language older than sorrow.
The driver pulled to a stop in front of a large yellow house at the edge of town. Smoke curled from the chimney. A lace curtain fluttered in the front window. She was waiting for him.
Aunt Aileen stood on the porch, wrapped in her thick wool shawl, hands folded in front of her like she'd been standing there for years—like she'd always be standing there.
Colin stepped out of the cab. Shouldered his bag. Their eyes met. She didn't speak. Neither did he. She just came down the steps and wrapped him in her arms. He sank into the hug like a man who'd been treading water too long. Let his head drop to her shoulder. Let the tears come—silent, steady, unstoppable.
"There now," she murmured, stroking his back. "There now, mo chroí. You've come home to us, so you have."
Inside, the fire was already lit—the kettle already whistling. His room was made up just as he'd left it. Just as it had been all those years ago—when he'd come here broken and grieving after Kathy.
Nothing had changed. Nothing except him.
That night, he sat by the hearth while Aileen knitted in her chair across from him. No questions. No conversation. Just the soft crackle of the fire and the rhythm of needles clicking in her lap.
He hadn't known how badly he needed the quiet until it wrapped around him like a balm.
Tomorrow, he'd walk the park trails again. Visit Ross Castle. Breathe the green back into his lungs. But tonight? Tonight, he was simply home.
Morning light slanted through the kitchen window, warming the scrubbed wood table. Aileen moved easily around the stove, the clink of porcelain and the hiss of steam familiar, comforting. She placed a pot of tea between them, then poured it into two mismatched mugs—just like she had when he was a boy.
Colin sat, hands folded around the mug. He hadn't spoken much since arriving. She hadn't pressed him.
That was her gift—presence without pressure.
"Sleep all right?" she asked gently, settling across from him.
He nodded. "Some."
Aileen studied him over the rim of her cup. "You've lost weight."
"I've lost a lot of things," he murmured.
The silence between them stretched—not uncomfortable, but thick with memory. Colin looked out the window, eyes distant. "I keep thinking how much he loves it here," he said finally. "The light. The quiet. The way the wind sounds different in the trees."
Aileen waited.
"God, Ahn-tee, I want him with me," Colin whispered, his voice choked. "Not for me. For him. Because this place... it heals things. And he's hurting too."
She reached across the table and covered his hand with hers. "You carry him," she said. "He may not be sitting in that chair, but he's here, mo mhac. In your blood. In your bones. In your heart. In every step you take toward yourself."
His throat tightened.
"I don't know how to come back to him," he said. "I don't even know if I can." He looked into her eyes, his own welling with tears. "And that terrifies me."
Aileen gave his hand a squeeze. "And sure, didn't you come back here all the same?"
He nodded.
"Then that's your start, mo mhac. This land knows you well—it hasn't forgotten. And it'll help you remember yourself, so it will."
Colin looked down at the tea. It smelled of bergamot and comfort and just... home. The ache in his chest didn't fade—but it softened a little. He thought of Joshua's hands. His voice. The way he would murmur 'mo ghrá milis' when no one else could hear, and a warmth stirred beneath the sorrow, born from the memory of that gentle voice and the life waiting for him across an ocean.
About the Author
My name is Janice Jarrell. I’m a retired IT tech and grandmother living in Port Angeles, Washington, near the Olympic National Forest. I have two children, three grandsons, and I’ve been writing gay romance since I was twelve years old—only back then it wasn’t called “gay romance.” In the fifties, it was worth your life to admit to being gay, let alone confess to being a girl who constantly fantasized about relationships between men. I didn’t even know what a homosexual was. I just knew I loved the idea of boy-on-boy romance. I was that kid on a farm in a tiny Michigan village, watching Tom Corbett and his Space Cadets and all those guys on Combat and thinking: there’s something going on here.
I wrote slash fanfiction for about 30 years and produced over 300 stories—some a hundred-word drabble, some sprawling novel-length series. The feedback I received from readers, and the community that formed around those stories, became the creative home I’d been searching for my entire life. I still bless the internet for leading me to that artistic oasis.
Love’s Magic was my first step into creating my own original characters, and from it grew the interconnected worlds of my Revolutionary Heart and Fearless Heart series, featuring Colin, Joshua, David, Nate, Trent, Jeff, and the rest of the gang. Those books—along with collections like Trial Runs, Glory Days, Relevant Justice, Heart’s Treasure, and Rainbows Still Glow—follow these men through love stories that are messy, hard-won, and always, always worth it. I’ve also written stand-alone tales like Under the Midnight Sky and Beyond the Rainbow: Stories from Camp Pride, and I’m currently working on Dark Justice, the first book in my Unbreakable Vow series.
Many of my novels and short-story collections are available as audiobooks on Audible and other retailers, bringing my characters to life in a whole new way for listeners who love to experience stories on the go.
It’s been an amazing thing to watch the gay community’s growth over these past decades. In many ways my own journey has echoed theirs, and I’m deeply grateful to the activists who fought to win the rights and recognition the LGBTQ+ community has always deserved. I’m equally grateful to the gay romance community—readers, authors, publishers, and promoters—who are making my retirement years the most creative of my life.
When I’m not writing, I’m traveling, walking, knitting, crocheting, and generally plotting more trouble for my characters. And for the record: no matter what I put them through, I am a firm believer in HEA.
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Diamond ‘Famous for having his heart broken by emotionally unavailable men’ should be engraved on my headstone. I wish I could say I learn from each one, but the reality is… I don’t. If you give me a tall, dark, and handsome cowboy with sad eyes and a kind heart, I will never say no. It’s always been yes, and I deal with the emotional fallout after.
Then I meet Rhett.
Rhett and I didn’t exactly have a smooth start, and for the first time… I said no.
It didn’t last long, because I’m weak and he’s literally the perfect man for me. I know I’ve said that before, but he’s different. Sure, he drinks his coffee black, and that goes against every fibre in my being, but I can overlook the major flaw that it is. Rhett isn’t like the others. He’s serendipity on horseback, and I can’t ignore it. Now I just need to convince him it’s okay to allow himself to fall.
After all, I already have, and I’ll wait forever to be there to catch him when he does.
Rhett Love isn’t something that’s been kind to me, so it’s best to just give up on finding my soulmate. Rodeo has been my spouse for years, and it’s easier that way.
Until I meet the flirty barista/business owner named Diamond.
Our first meeting went as well as a no score in the final go-round. Thankfully his sunshiny demeanour eased the sting of a terrible start. He makes me notice how much space rodeo doesn’t fill. He gives far more than he takes, and I can’t help but wish I’d met him sooner.
Diamond is unexpected, and I can’t seem to figure out what to do. I know he wants more, and maybe I do too, but we’re so different it couldn’t possibly last.
I’m not a man who’s easy to love. It’s best to let Diamond go and save us both the inevitable heartache. But if that’s truly the best thing to do, why is it so hard to let go?
CW: mention of cancer and treatment by one MC, parental abandonment and verbal abuse mentioned off page, death of a grandparent off page
Bronc Riders Don’t Fall In Love is the fourth and final book in the Kissing Ridge Cowboy Series. A friends with benefits, opposites attract, hurt comfort story with the flirty barista, Diamond, and the tender-hearted bronc rider. Shopping for barns as a date, kissing scars, and a supportive dad obsessed with tomatoes. Cooking that leads to confessions and the most swoony accidental proposal.
Cat gives this book 5 meows with a 3 purr heat index...
Trigger warning: this book has a character that is a cancer survivor. Frequent mention of his treatment is made. If this brings unpleasant memories proceed with caution.
Also mentions of parental abandonment and death of a grandparents. Both presented as memories and not on page.
I loved both Rhett and Diamond. I loved seeing all the gang too. Lots of great characters, a beautiful story with lots going on. The only thing I missed was a bit more rodeo action. But all in all, it was an amazing story. I loved Tater and the horses too.
If you like rodeo cowboys, bronc riders, baristas, a little grumpy sunshine, hurt comfort and small-town romance you will love this.
I'm a wife, mom, animal lover and a hopeless romantic.
I want my stories to make you smile, swoon and snort laugh, but not necessarily in that order.
I hope I can be the author you turn to when you need a story to make you laugh, or add light to an otherwise dark day.
Coffee always wins, you can't change my mind.
You can find me on facebook or visit my website rmneillauthor.com
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